A new law now under consideration by the Italian government is causing quite a stir. The law will include a clause which will force websites to post any corrections submitted to them. There is nothing to verify whether or not these corrections will be accurate, and there is no process of judicial review. The law is supposed to enable content to be removed that may be offensive to some parties.
Many people will no doubt have something bad to say about this law, but it is the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia that is the most outraged. Wikipedia is a not for profit online encyclopaedia where the articles are written and reviewed by anyone, including some regular volunteers. Wikipedia have said that this new legislation is "an unacceptable restriction of the freedom and independence of Wikipedia," and they claim it will undermine the bottom-up editing process that is so effective for them.
Workers for Wikipedia in Italy have said that they "have always been available to review - and modify if needed - any content deemed to be detrimental to anyone, without harm to the project's neutrality and independence." So there is already something in place to stop people from being unnecessarily offended, but something that does not go against the free speech principles which Wikipedia is run on.
This has infuriated Wikipedia so much, in fact, that they have now replaced any Italian-language pages on the encyclopaedia with a banner t
Workers for Wikipedia in Italy have said that they "have always been available to review - and modify if needed - any content deemed to be detrimental to anyone, without harm to the project's neutrality and independence." So there is already something in place to stop people from being unnecessarily offended, but something that does not go against the free speech principles which Wikipedia is run on.
This has infuriated Wikipedia so much, in fact, that they have now replaced any Italian-language pages on the encyclopaedia with a banner t
Workers for Wikipedia in Italy have said that they "have always been available to review - and modify if needed - any content deemed to be detrimental to anyone, without harm to the project's neutrality and independence." So there is already something in place to stop people from being unnecessarily offended, but something that does not go against the free speech principles which Wikipedia is run on.
This has infuriated Wikipedia so much, in fact, that they have now replaced any Italian-language pages on the encyclopaedia with a banner that speaks out against the legislation. In just the first two days of this change being made, over 16 million people saw the banner. The Italian website is supposedly the fourth-largest of the Wikipedia sites, with over 800,000 articles.
At a time like this you would have thought the Italian prime minister would have something to say, but he is currently being held on trial for corruption and for having sex with an underage prostitute. His government are working tirelessly to stop the leaking of transcripts following the leak of some of his phone calls.
This has infuriated Wikipedia so much, in fact, that they have now replaced any Italian-language pages on the encyclopaedia with a banner that speaks out against the legislation. In just the first two days of this change being made, over 16 million people saw the banner. The Italian website is supposedly the fourth-largest of the Wikipedia sites, with over 800,000 articles.
At a time like this you would have thought the Italian prime minister would have something to say, but he is currently being held on trial for corruption and for having sex with an underage prostitute. His government are working tirelessly to stop the leaking of transcripts following the leak of some of his phone calls.